Activity 49:Making Predictions and Asking Questions
Read the title, the summary, the date, the author, the place of publication, and the first sentence. In your notebook, answer the following questions:
• What is the article about?
• How does this connect with 1984?
• Do you think this article might actually refer to 1984?
• Would you say that this development might be called “Orwellian”?
Activity 50:Annotating and Questioning the Text
In your notebook, answer the following questions:
1. What facts are reported in this text that might be useful in supporting an argument about surveillance cameras?
2. Do you agree with the police Chief when he says that this is “not a case of Big Brother watching” because the link to the cameras will only be activated when police already know an incident is happening in a certain area? How is this different from Big Brother? How will the police know that something is happening? Won’t they review the tape and see everything that happened anyway?
Activity 51:Analyzing Stylistic Choices
In a news story like this one, the reporter interviews sources and records their responses either in a notebook or with a tape recorder. Then he or she summarizes, paraphrases, or quotes what the sources said. In this article, there are 15 paragraphs. How many paragraphs have actual quotes? How do you think the reporter decided what to quote and what to paraphrase? Why not just print exactly what the police chief said? Would that make a more accurate story? Write your answers in your 1984 notebook.
Activity 52:Summarizing and Responding
Write a “rhetorical précis” of the article in your 1984 notebook.
Sentence 1: Name of author, genre, and title of work, date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb; and a THAT clause containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work.
Sentence 2: An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order.
Sentence 3: A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase.
Sentence 4: A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.
Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...
Due Today: 1984 Activities 46, 47, 48 and CSE VIDEO!
HOMEWORK:
Important Deadlines/Reminders:
AGENDA:
1. 1984: Article "Long Beach police to use 400 cameras citywide to fight crime
Activity 49: Making Predictions and Asking Questions
Read the title, the summary, the date, the author, the place of publication, and the first sentence. In your notebook, answer the following questions:
Activity 50: Annotating and Questioning the Text
In your notebook, answer the following questions:
Activity 51: Analyzing Stylistic Choices
In a news story like this one, the reporter interviews sources and records their responses either in a notebook or with a tape recorder. Then he or she summarizes, paraphrases, or quotes what the sources said. In this article, there are 15 paragraphs. How many paragraphs have actual quotes? How do you think the reporter decided what to quote and what to paraphrase? Why not just print exactly what the police chief said? Would that make a more accurate story? Write your answers in your 1984 notebook.
Activity 52: Summarizing and Responding
Write a “rhetorical précis” of the article in your 1984 notebook.
Sentence 1: Name of author, genre, and title of work, date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb; and a THAT clause containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work.
Sentence 2: An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order.
Sentence 3: A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase.
Sentence 4: A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.